Silly, Cyn. You should have known better than to run from your husband. And Then There Were None meets Harper's Island meets 90s classic Scream in this new slasher dark romance that's perfect for Halloween...
Five years after her husband's tragic death, Cynthia Preston is doing her best to move on.
That might have been a mistake...
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* My Wife is a single-POV dark romance that relies heavily on the slasher horror genre, includes open-door sex scenes, profanity, on-page death, and a HEA that is perfect for the characters... well, the ones that survive, that is.
There’s a part in the book where the main character, Cyn, says she feels like she’s in “a B-rated slasher film with an ending that makes no fucking sense”. That’s exactly what this book feels like.
This book is all but safe... It's continuous cheating lol. I never thought I'd say it but I kinda enjoyed it? I dunno, I'm still confused about how I feel.
SPOILERS: there are basically two Heroes in this story: two best friends who are both in love with the heroine. When they're young, she's with Tommy but then falls in love with Clay (and she cheats on Tommy), her and Clay get married later on. Long story short, Clay disappears for 5 years and she gets back with her ex Tommy (while her husband is still alive, unbeknownst to her). Some time later, at the end of the story, we find out Tommy was cheating during the relationship, with a lame ass excuse. It's just a whole mess
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Thoughts: I really wanted to give this book 5 🌟 but it said Cheating was only cause she thought her husband was dead… well rip my heart out Carin Hart, that wasn’t entirely true, depending on how you look at it!!! Clay is obsessed with Cyn (Cynthia). From the moment he saw her he plotted to make her his. Clay is constantly saying MY WIFE!! I loved the depth and loyalty they had to each other.
***spoilers - whole story*** The book sometimes does a quick flash back so this is told in chronological order. Cyn and Tommy dated in high school and really loved each other. Cyn’s mother drowned at Halo Island when she was a senior. The police said it was suicide. Cyn never believed it. Tommy wanted Cyn to move in with him to finish high school but she couldn’t when his family were always around and she needed privacy and quiet. So Clay, Tommy’s BFF offered her to move in with him. His parents were never there and he was an only child. Over time Clay and Cyn grew close and she ended up cheating on Tommy, confessed and started dating Clay full time. (Not the cheating issue I had, just fyi… it’ll come later) After high school, Clay and Cyn moved away. Cyn wanted to get away from the rumors that she killed her mom and the fact that she was easy and trying to get with everyone. At a party in high school, Chase, another friend, tried to force her to give him a BJ and then told everyone she came onto him. Summer and Maddison told Violet (Vee) to tell Chase (while he was drunk) that she wanted him and start rumors about her being a slut. 5 years later, Clay goes missing. No trace, whatsoever and liters of blood all over his abandoned car. Making it clear that with the amount of blood, Clay was dead, just no body found. Cyn is a shell of herself. She loved Tommy but Clay was her soul, her world. She couldn’t move on, with anything. She has a funeral for Clay and Tommy shows, she hadn’t seen him in a few years. Tommy tries to be there for Cyn but she is very resistant at first. But she keeps hearing Clays voice saying “If anything happens to me, lean on Tommy”. So Cyn sells their house and moves back to her hometown. Tommy is still friends with the high school group. Clay and Cyn were the only ones to get out of town. Cyn feels less than around the group, especially with Summer and Maddison. Vee and Cyn’s relationship seems to be better, like Vee matured out of high school. Clearly Summer and Maddison didn’t. Over the years, Tommy tries to start a relationship with Cyn again but she is clear with him that she could never remarry as that was a hard line for her. Tommy is always understanding and kind, caring and anticipating her needs. He is late getting home and secretive lately. When he reveals he was planning a week getaway to help get her to relax around Clay’s 5 yr death anniversary, she is relieved. Even though she cheated in high school, they put the past behind them. Tommy genuinely loves Cyn and would do anything for her. The get away is at Halo Island, with all the old friend group. Cyn really doesn’t want to go but is making an effort to be better for Tommy. They go and Summer is constantly all over Tommy. He tries to curb her touches but Summer is a bitch. They are skinny dipping in the lake and Vee swears she sees someone in the woods. They can’t find anyone. The next morning, Vee is dead. She fell down a ravine. Cyn is seeing someone else in the shadows too. Then Tyler, Summer’s husband, stabbed. The killer reveals himself and it’s Clay… HER HUSBAND!!! Then Maddison and Summer. Maddison was put on display, and Summer has her throat cut and tongue ripped out. Chase is hot and left for dead. Clay helps Cyn finish off Clay. Clay tells Cyn why all this happened. Basically when he caught CYN DROWNING HER MOTHER in high school, he blackmailed Cyn away from Tommy. Cyn’s mom told her she had to move out so her boyfriend could move in. She raised Cyn to 18 and it was her time to focus on herself. Cyn flipped a switch and killed her. And Cyn really did fall for Clay. But Cyn would say “you don’t know what it’s like to take a life”. So now Clay does. Tommy shows up and Cyn is afraid Clay will hurt him. Tommy reveals he is in on it. After Clay stole Cyn, Tommy demanded her back. They both decided that Tommy had her for 4 years, Clay would get her for 5, and then Tommy had a chance again to make Cyn love him. Then they’d both get her together. But in order for Tommy to truly have a chance, Clay had to die. Then Clay reveals why each of the group had to die. Aaron and Tyler were collateral. Vee because she helped start rumors and help convince Chase to SA her. Chase because of the SA. Maddison because she was a hoe and Summer’s lackey. And Summer, because she was a constant bitch but mainly (and this is why I was mad about the cheating) because Summer was blackmailing Tommy to sleep with her or Summer would tell Cyn Clay was alive. They never found out how she knew. But they couldn’t risk it so for a few weeks before they left for Halo Island, Tommy was sleeping with Summer. This tares Cyn up. Tommy swore it was only so Summer didn’t ruin their plan and he always wore protection. Cyn can’t get over this. She tries and they all do a group activity by doing DP!! But ultimately… Cyn turns out to be just as psychotic as Clay and forces them to choose. Who loves her the most, who would kill their best friend to be with her. Clay doesn’t even hesitate. Bye bye Tommy. Rip my heart out Carin Hart!!!! Clay and Cyn fake her death so they can be free. HEA
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Yall need to read this 😫 though slightly predictable as all slasher “movies” are, this is one of the best slasher/smut books I have ever read. If I could give it more than 5 stars I would. This whole book had me on the edge of my seat and the twists and turns made it that much better! 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️/5.
Mind blown!! Beyond the obvious plot twist, there were a few extra plot twists that were absolutely delicious! This read was dark, dirty, and dramatic. I ate this book up, and processed to purchase more books by Carin.
I seriously almost DNF’d this book with all of 3 chapters left to read but I pushed through. Booktok failed me with this recommendation. Not only was the story rushed at the ending. Various part made 0 sense and there were so many grammatical errors my elementary school ELA teacher would’ve given it an F. I shouldn’t have to edit mistakes in my head while I’m reading. This was a finished novel not a first draft, not that I could tell the difference either way.
I do not even know how to write this review other than to say, holy crap! It was not turning out like I thought. I mean Ai thought part of it, but the rest....OMG! The twists, the turns and the absolutely incredible writing, and plot. I loved it.
I had a great time listening/readind this book. I really did have all the feelings of one of my favorite horror favorites “Scream”. Cyn in this book is definitely Sidney Prescott but instead of unaliving Billy and Stu she ends up with Billy. Our FMC is Cyn Preston and she lost her husband to a car accident five years prior to the events of the book. Our MMC is Clay Rivers, Cyn’s “dead” husband who is pretty upset with Cyn for moving on. If you were a fan of sl*sher horror movies growing up especially Scream then this is definitely a book you need to sit down and read/listen too. This audiobook is told through diet narration by the wonderful Maeve York and Walker Williams. The spice in this book this great too. We go not really get any spice scenes until Clay comes back into the story but when he does it’s definitely a good time. I would give this a 🌶️🌶️🌶️.5/5 for spice.
A bit predictable but still had one shocking factor I didn’t see coming. I wish the book summary didn’t already spoil so much of what was to happen in this book. But it was still an entertaining read. 🔪
A very dark, slasher romance. You’d think the MMC ends up being the most fucked up out of the characters, but someone else Scooby Doo villain unmasks themselves. And it was not who I was expecting.
The whole premise as to why the book turns into a slasher is kind of baseless in my opinion. Once the perpetrators intentions are revealed, I rolled my eyes so hard. Just disappointing and kind of stupid if you ask me. The only thing that saved it for me is the down and dirty screwing that several of the characters end up getting into. There are nearly enough scenes in my opinion, but the ones that do happen are pretty good!
The ending was a very sweet HEA for the characters who remain in the end, which was kind of a juxtaposition to the rest of the storyline. Kind of a conundrum of a story to be honest. It was just okay if I’m being honest, and I did consider giving up a couple of times. But it picks up once the FMC reaches the island so I’m glad I didn’t DNF this one.
oh my fucking god! everything was perfect!! THE GORE!! THE PLOT TWIST(S)!!! this just might be my new favorite book 1000/10 everything this girl writes i absolutely love ❤️ this is the perfect halloween book it felt like an episode of the twilight zone 😳
So repetitive. And did anyone proof read this? The amount of spelling and grammatical errors was insane. Had really good potential but I don't know how many times she needed to say "my mom died on halo island" or "you left me for FIVE YEARS CLAY"
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Star Rating: 3.5⭐️ Spice: 2 🌶️ I LOVE a good thriller that leaves me on the edge wanting more and this checked that box for me. Also who doesn’t love a little bit of spice 🌶️I am a slasher film junkie and this was just that. A little spice and a little 90s slasher film all wrapped into one. The ending is predictable in the way most “slashers” are but I was drawn in and just had to know the ending. Cyn hit the right amount of sass and ended up being just a little crazy. Tommy and Clay gave me Stu and Billy vibes and I loved it😍 Summary: Cyn loses her husband Clay in a freak car crash and is left trying to pick up the pieces of losing the love of her life. Tommy her husbands best friend comes to the funeral to help her try and do just that. After 5 years Cyn has to face the place where her mom died and the place that turned it all around for her. Will she and her friends survive the night? Will she see that even after everything she is still Clays “wife”. Fav Character(s): Clay, Tommy And Cyn Fav Quote(s) If leaving bodies behind is a way to get you to understand how much I fucking love you, no one is safe.” He’s suddenly dead serious as he adds, “I can’t exist without Lou I
If you want a book that is reminiscent of a 90s slasher then this is for you. There’s a few twists in here that you didn’t expect and it was fun. Definitely has some horror gore in it so if that’s not your thing then I’d skip it.
This book truly I could tell it gave me very scream slasher movie vibes so I was able to guess where it was going. The fact that the book still managed to Shock me was great.
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phew, what a book! what a story! so, we have Tommy, Clay and Cyn as friends since high school, Tommy and Cyn are a couple, but Clay likes her too. After Cyn's mother dies, Tommy wants to move in with her, but she refuses because his house is too crowded and since Clay lives alone, she moves in with him. not long after, a relationship develops between the two, and after he cheats on Tommy, in the end, she leaves him and marries Clay. clay disappears and is declared dead and at the funeral Tommy makes his appearance and 5 years later we find out that the two are a couple again and live together. because the 5th anniversary of Clay's death is approaching, Tommy decides to surprise Cyn and go to an island for a few days, where her mother died some time ago, together with the group of friends from high school.
on the island we find out that the girls in the group are bad with Cyn and one by one they start to be killed. in the end the criminal appears and what do you see? is none other than Clay.we find out that in the five years of separation he was not with anyone because he is obsessed with her, while she was fine with Tommy:
"It’s only ever been you for me. Even while we were apart, there was no one else. And she thought I’d risk pissing you off by letting her touch me? Never. If I’m taking pussy as a bribe, there’s only one I want.” and she thinks: "Why does a small frisson of pleasure wind its way through me when I hear that, wherever he was while he was gone, he stayed loyal?".
“You promised me your loyalty,” he grates out between clenched teeth. A muscle tics in his cheek. “How long was I in the ground before you let Tommy fuck you the first time?”
My heads jerks as if he slapped me. It’s my fault? He disappeared and, after three years, I found solace with an old boyfriend, and it’s my fault?
“I thought you were dead,” I snap at him. “You were supposed to be dead."
I ask, “What were you doing anyway? All that time you were gone… what were you doing?”
His eyes snap open. “Counting down the minutes until I could be with my wife again.”
after some back and forth the two of them share a moment and Clay tells her that Tommy cheated on her: "You and Tommy… he got to touch you. Taste you. Fuck you… and only when he was too busy fucking Summer Kaye did I even get his scraps."
"No. No. Tommy isn't cheating on me. Fucking Summer?” I remember those besotted looks, the way he insisted we be friends, how he's been so secretive lately... coming home late... There never was going to be a proposal was there? No... "I saw them. Plenty of times. Hell, they were in a motel together last week."
in the end we find out that Tommy cheated because he was blackmailed just like Cyn was blackmailed by Clay to leave Tommy after he found out that she killed her mother.
“Don’t be upset, baby. I didn’t tell you to be upset. Tommy didn’t pick Summer over you. You know that. He wouldn’t do that. But she made him. Just like I made you. Does that make it better?”
“Because the lives we had are over with now. We’re starting over now. You. Me. Clay. Just like it should’ve always been.”
“Don’t be worried if this is all too much. Believe me, it took years for Tommy to convince me this was the right thing to do. That it wasn’t fair that he had you first, and I stole you. So we made an agreement. I got you for five years. Seventeen to twenty-two. With me out of the picture, he got the next five years to make you love him. Then, once you did, I get to come back and we both get you for the rest of our lives.”
we find out that there are actually two criminals because Clay was helped by Tommy to kill those in the group. to make matters worse, they have a threesome and in the end they kill Tommy and Cyn fakes her death to have HEA with Clay.
“One of you has to love me most of all,” I purr. “More than yourself. More than your best friend.” Now I shrug, dropping my hands to my waist, fisting my hips as I dare them both: “Prove it.”
clay is obsessed with Cyn but he shares her and moreover he lets tommy be with her for 5 years, so nothing makes sense in the end, at least in my head.
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